Settled, side by side
Comparisons
- White Dove vs Swiss CoffeeWhite Dove (LRV 83.16) vs Swiss Coffee (LRV 81.91): which is warmer, which is brighter, and which designers reach for, with both shown in real rooms.
- White Dove vs Chantilly LaceWhite Dove (LRV 83.16) vs Chantilly Lace (LRV 90.04): Benjamin Moore's soft warm white against its cleanest white, compared by designers and shown in real rooms.
- Pure White vs Extra WhiteSherwin-Williams Pure White (LRV 84) vs Extra White (LRV 86): which is warmer, which reads icy in north light, and which designers prefer for walls and trim.
- Chantilly Lace vs Pure WhiteBenjamin Moore Chantilly Lace (LRV 90.04) vs Sherwin-Williams Pure White (LRV 84): crisp vs softly warm, compared by designers and shown in real rooms.
Lamp Room Gray
Farrow & Ball · No. 88
Pelican Gray
Benjamin Moore · 1612
LRV
58.58
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Hex
#C6CBCC
177 · 177 · 170
RGB
198 · 203 · 204
Cool
Warmth
Cool
Traditional blue-grey, softened; the lived-in grey of lamp rooms
Undertone
Silvery grey with a blue lean; the color of a wet slate roof
Gray
Family
Gray
Colour Card
Collection
Classics Color Collection
In real rooms
Every room, each colorPelican Gray
The difference
Read from the numbersBoth read cool. Both belong to the gray family.
How they read
In their own wordsLamp Room Gray is what Farrow & Ball calls its 'most traditional blue grey' — a mid-light grey with a soft blue cast that feels older and more settled than a modern cool grey. It takes its name from the rooms where oil lamps were once trimmed and stored.
Pelican Gray is a light, silvery grey with a clear blue lean — cooler than the greiges that dominated the last decade, and all the better for it. At LRV 59 it is light enough for a small room and grey enough to feel deliberate. It is the grey of a slate roof after rain.